Rowan University Athletics captured the NJAC Cup for 2025-26, marking the sixth year in a row and eighth time since the award’s inception that the Profs have been the recipient. The honor was announced at the annual NJAC Awards Brunch on Sunday at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton. Rowan men’s soccer standout Johnny Troiano was named the 2025-26 NJAC Male Athlete of the Year, while the conference also recognized this year’s champions and major award winners. 

Rowan claimed the 2025-26 Cup with a winning percentage of .905, the highest mark in the conference The Profs captured nine NJAC team championships and two regular season conference titles. Men’s indoor track and field claimed an NCAA team championship for the 12th national title in school history while Rowan became the 64th NJAC program in history to win a national title. The depth of Rowan’s national success extended further, with five individual national champions and four national runners-up, men’s outdoor track and field finishing as team runner-up at the NCAA Championships, baseball placing fourth at the NCAA Division III World Series, and softball placing sixth at the NCAA Division III World Series.

Madison Cooley, Mikayla Dansky, Kate Evick, Zara MacNair, and Emily McCutcheon were featured on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2026 Softball Academic All-District Teams.

In order to be eligible for the award, nominees must meet the following criteria:  An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student. Additionally, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the contests.

McCutcheon earns the honor for the third-consecutive year while Cooley, Dansky, Evick, and MacNair pick up the award for the first time.

McCutcheon is an Early Childhood Education major who led the team in pitching victories (22), ERA (1.31), innings pitched (187.1), complete games (19), and shutouts (6). In those 187 innings of work, the senior has tallied 107 strikeouts to just 15 walks. During the Profs’ postseason run, McCutcheon was named the most valuable player of the NCAA Marshal Regional and the most outstanding pitcher of the NCAA Glassboro Super Regional.

Cooley, a Biochemistry major, has appeared in 17 games in the circle, with a 1.71 ERA in 28.2 innings of work. The sophomore leads the squad with two saves in relief.

Dansky is an Accounting major who is enjoying a breakout season. The sophomore paced the team with 55 runs, 42 stolen bases, and 24 walks from the leadoff spot. Dansky has added seven doubles, five triples, and three home runs.

Evick, a senior catcher who majors in Exercise Science, batted .372 with 13 doubles, 33 RBI’s, two homers and a triple. 

MacNair is a Health & Physical Education major is second on the team in walks (18) while batting .350. The junior added 29 runs, 23 RBI’s, five doubles, and two triples.

McCutcheon, Dansky, Evick, and MacNair earned both All-NJAC and NFCA All-Region honors for the Profs.

Rowan wrapped up its fourth-consecutive appearance NCAA Division III Championship at the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia as the Profs end the 2026 season with a final record of 43-11 and a fifth-place national finish.

Rowan won its 2026 NCAA Division III Championship opener, knocking off previously unbeaten and top-ranked Virginia Wesleyan, 3-2, on Thursday at the Moyer Sports Complex.

The eighth-seeded Profs will play tomorrow at 11 a.m. against Redlands, who took down Linfield, 9-7 on Thursday as well.

Emily McCutcheon, who was just named to her third-straight NFCA All-American team, proved her worth by keeping the Marlins hitless through five innings and working out of a late jam in the seventh after VWU rallied with two runs to earn the win.

Kate Evick, Abigail Pawlowski, and Emma Dobkin each had RBI hits while Zoey Rogers scored twice and stole a base for the Profs (43-9).

Senior Emily McCutcheon has been named an NFCA All-American for the third consecutive year as announced on Wednesday.

McCutcheon was voted to the second team as an at-large. She becomes the fifth player in to earn the prestigious award three or more times and the 47th All-American program history.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America teams are voted on by the Association’s All-America Committees. In Division III, the committee is comprised of one member head coach from each of the NCAA’s 10 regions. All student-athletes who earned first, second or third team All-Region accolades were eligible for All-America consideration.

McCutcheon, an Early Childhood Education major, leads the team in pitching victories (21), ERA (0.99), innings pitched (170.0), complete games (17), and shutouts (6). In those 170 innings of work, the lefthander has tallied 99 strikeouts to just 14 walks. During the Profs’ current postseason run, McCutcheon was named the most valuable player of the NCAA Marshall Regional and the most outstanding pitcher of the NCAA Glassboro Super Regional. She also was named to the NFCA All-Region and NJAC All-Conference teams.

She is part of a pitching staff that boasts a 1.34 team ERA with an 0.97 WHIP and 20 total shutouts for the 42-9 Profs.

Rowan opens play at the 2026 NCAA Division III World Series on Thursday, taking on top-seeded Virginia Wesleyan at 11 a.m. from the Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Virginia. The eight-team, double-elimination playoffs run through June 3rd.

Damitrius Hester won the javelin with a new #2 Division III all-time mark of 74.94 meters to break his own school record giving the men’s team its second-straight champion of the three-day meet as David Brown captured the high jump crown on Friday. Hester, who hit the new record on his final throw, becomes the 44th national champion in team history and sixth in the javelin event.

The men’s team (85 points), who were looking for a sweep of Division III Track & Field this season after securing the NCAA Indoor Championship back in March, was the national runner-up to the host Eagles (106 points). The second-place result gives the Profs its best finish at the outdoor championships. UW-La Crosse claimed both men’s and women’s national team championships over the three-day meet.

LA CROSSE, WI — David Brown became Rowan’s second national champion in the high jump to highlight day two of the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Brown hit a PR with top effort of 2.15 meters to lead three other Profs in earning All-American honors. He is the third Rowan Student-athlete in as many years to be a national champion and 43rd all-time in program history. Noah Wampole was third (2.12 meters) and Jamile Gantt was fourth (2.09 meters) to earn first-team All-American. Damarion Potts earned second-team honors with his 14th place finish (2.03 meters).

Jason Agyemang clocked in a PR and the top time in the 110 meter hurdles prelims (13.72), which was also a meet record. Agyemang joins Kwaku Nkrumah (13.88) in the finals tomorrow. Anaias Hughes was 12th (14.42) and Val Augustin was 15th (14.63) as the duo garnered second-team All-America accolades.